Ted Stevens, R-Alabama, introduced legislation in 1997, designed to begin phasing out the factory trawler fleet, ban the entry of any new factory trawlers into U.S. fisheries and cut all subsidies for construction of new factory trawlers.
After his service in the military, he worked as a ranch hand, factory worker, and construction laborer before venturing into the business world.
Stronger rises in factory output and the construction sector, together with continued falls in unemployment, could mean national income as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) is not shrinking as quickly as first estimated.
The construction of the factory led to speculation that the auto maker might shift its manufacturing base from Haryana because of the labor problems there.
Nextel phones, which consist mostly of a line of phones produced by Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people ) under the iDen brand, are the phones of choice for messengers in New York City, construction workers, factory managers and others who are in constant communication with a select group of other people equipped with similar phones.
He has also directed a number of big manufacturing concerns to Mississippi, including the Kemper County coal plant, which is expected to create 260 permanent jobs and 1, 000 during peak construction, and a Toyota factory in the state's rural north that will employ 2, 000 people.
Those benefits are not just the direct impact of jobs at the companies doing the spending, but, for instance, jobs in construction to build a new factory, or in the retail and restaurant businesses that can flourish when a big company opens a new office or factory.
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During my May visit the Eclipse factory had 57 airplanes in various phases of construction.
Short term, the facility has created more than 200 construction jobs, and ultimately the factory will employ 160 to 200 people, Van Dine said.
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European automakers have more than a dozen plants worth of excess factory capacity, with new plants still under construction in Central Europe and more being built in Russia.
Among reports of recent weeks that came in better than forecasts were consumer sentiment, retail sales, home sales, construction spending, auto sales, factory orders, the ISM Mfg Index, the ISM Non-Mfg (service sector) Index, and so on.
Indeed the Blu factory resembles a gargantuan assembly line rather than a construction site.
Also out on Monday is construction spending, followed on Tuesday by factory orders.
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The Blu factory resembles a gargantuan assembly line rather than a construction site.
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In the U.S., mixed in with the still mostly positive economic reports in the headlines have been reports that Durable Goods Orders unexpectedly fell 4.0% in January after rising 3.2% in December, factory orders unexpectedly fell in January, as did construction spending, while the ISM Mfg Index unexpectedly declined in February.
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The contractor on the project, Shaw Group, will build parts of the plant in a factory in Lake Charles, Louisiana and send sections to the construction site by rail.
They include items such as the factory's intern policy, protection from excessive heat and the construction of more fire escapes and toilets.
The savings are arrestingly simple: Redesigning a standard pumping loop in one factory saved 92% of the pumping power--with lower construction cost and better performance.
The contractor on the project, Shaw Group, will build parts of the plant in a factory in Lake Charles, La. and send sections to the construction site by rail.
While the U.S. economy remains strong, factory jobs are being outsourced, a slowing housing market has killed construction jobs over the past several months and manufacturing employment has been on a downward trend in recent years.
Hyundai, for example, confirmed that it would suspend construction of a semiconductor plant in Scotland and a car factory in Indonesia (both measures that had already been announced), and postponed its founder's dream of building a steel plant.
Much of the work is expected to be carried out at night, with a so-called factory train laying a mile of new track and cables every night once construction is underway.
Their vision: architect- designed, factory-built, single-family dwellings with green accents (including energy-efficient appliances and airtight construction) that appeal to higher- income, eco-conscious buyers.
They had been sent by the company Mande Construction Immobiliere to take soil samples in the Hombori region where it planned to build a cement factory.
" Caterpillar, the giant Peoria-based maker of heavy construction machinery, made the same point more vividly when it declined in February to locate a new factory in Illinois, specifically citing concern about the state's "business climate and overall fiscal health.
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